Government Executive March 1997 Vol.29, No.3

The Final Frontier
The glory of space exploration has given way to the drudgery of downsizing as NASA hands off operation of the space shuttle to a private firm.

The Price of Peace
Increasing commitments to peacekeeping and other non-war operations may be costing the military its combat edge.

Perry's Principles
In his last interview in office, William Perry talked about the management philosophy that has led many to call him the most successful Secretary of Defense in decades.

The Wonder Down Under
When it comes to innovative government management, New Zealand has led the way. Now American reinventors are trying to learn from the Kiwi example.

Permanent Temps
Downsizing, budget cuts and the changing nature of work itself are spurring federal managers to find new ways to use contingent workers.

Special Report: Meet the CIOs
A new breed of bureaucrat--the chief information officer--is responsible for information technology investment and management. We profile these important new players and report on their priorities for the next year.

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Database-level encryption had its origins in the 1990s and early 2000s in response to very basic risks which largely revolved around the theft of servers, backup tapes and other physical-layer assets. As noted in Verizon’s 2014, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)1, threats today are far more advanced and dangerous.

In order to better understand the current state of external and internal-facing agency workplace applications, Government Business Council (GBC) and Riverbed undertook an in-depth research study of federal employees. Overall, survey findings indicate that federal IT applications still face a gamut of challenges with regard to quality, reliability, and performance management.

PIV- I And Multifactor Authentication: The Best Defense for Federal Government Contractors

This white paper explores NIST SP 800-171 and why compliance is critical to federal government contractors, especially those that work with the Department of Defense, as well as how leveraging PIV-I credentialing with multifactor authentication can be used as a defense against cyberattacks

This research study aims to understand how state and local leaders regard their agency’s innovation efforts and what they are doing to overcome the challenges they face in successfully implementing these efforts.

The U.S. healthcare industry is rapidly moving away from traditional fee-for-service models and towards value-based purchasing that reimburses physicians for quality of care in place of frequency of care.